In search of “high-prestige literature with a reputation for salacious bits:” On Barney Rosset’s quest to legalize Tropic of Cancer and publishing’s postwar transformation. | The New Yorker

Piyali Bhattacharya and Tanwi Nandini Islam discuss the power of personal essays, overturning monolithic paradigms, and writing the books they once needed. | Elle

“All I want is a great book. I don’t really care from where, about what, by whom.” An interview with Imbolo Mbue. | The Rumpus

What I lost, I keep losing: Four poems by Jericho Brown. | Enkare Review

With the privilege to tell stories, especially those that are not yours, comes responsibility to tell the truth: Conversing about colonialism and authenticity from European Literature Days 2016. | Asymptote Journal